With millions of us self-isolating, doing our part to stay home and stay healthy, the demands on our finances, resources, and patience has been significant. No more so than for seniors and people with disabilities, for whom the changes in day-to-day life has not only been disruptive, but frustrating as well. Tasks such as shopping, once made easier by caregivers, whether children, grandchildren, home-care provider, or a visiting friend are now out of reach for some. Still others may have had to give up the seat in front of the family PC so that their spouse can continue to work, now from home. Still others may find that home confinement means they no longer have access to their company bandwidth and lightning-fast Internet speeds. The stress and anxiety with which many are now struggling, thanks to the sudden, head-spinning reality of the surreal, new normal can make an activity as pleasurable as shopping seem overwhelming.
With upcoming gift-giving occasions such as Easter, Mother’s Day, graduations, and so on, I wanted to help people get some shopping done in an easy, stress-free way, , while ensuring we all continue to adhere to the self-isolation guidelines. So, I organized an all-day, online, virtual event called “Let’s Go Shopping!”
On Saturday, April 4th, beginning at 7 AM Pacific time, and lasting for 12 hours, you can use the Zoom Video Conferencing platform to shop till you drop. Zoom enables users to access meetings and virtual events by using a desktop, smartphone, tablet, or even a landline telephone. These days, it seems that everyone is using Zoom, whether for schoolwork, dance lessons, concerts, and now…shopping!
Here is the schedule for the day, along with all the vendor info. Scroll to the bottom for the Zoom access info. There’s no need to RSVP, or even register. However, some of the vendors are giving away door prizes, and you may be asked for your email address so that arrangements can be made to ship it to you if you win one. How fun is that?
Let’s Go Shopping Schedule
Saturday, April 4th, 2020, from 7 AM to 7 PM Pacific Time. Let’s Go Shopping is an all-day, online, accessible event connecting small businesses and the customers who need them. Ready for a little retail therapy?
Let’s Go Shopping!
Please note that all times are pacific Time. Adjust accordingly for your time zone.
7:00 am PT: Good morning and welcome (Laura)
7:30 am: Sight and Sound Technology
8:00 am PT: Elegant Insights Braille Creations
9:00 am PT: Hartgen Consultancy
10:00 am PT: PattiandRicky.com Adaptive Fashion
11:00 am PT: Strawberry Moon Reborns
11:30 am: Beauty by Brittany
12:00 pm PT: A. T. Guys
12:30 pm: GlamSticks
1:00 pm PT: GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.
1:30 pm: Scentsy with Nini
2:00 pm PT: PattiandRicky.com Inclusive Accessories
3:00 pm PT: GuideLights for Guide Dogs
3:30 pm: Tawny’s Pottery Lab
4:00 pm PT: A. T. Guys
4:30 pm: The Unseen Bean
5:00 pm PT: The Harbolt Company
6:00 pm PT: Elegant Insights Braille Creations
6:30 pm: Door prizes and wrap-up Laura and friends
Let’s Go Shopping with these fabulous vendors!
Sight and Sound Technology
Sight and Sound Technology Ireland is the leading provider of hardware and software to the blind, visually impaired and those with learning and reading difficulties.
Stuart Lawler
?www.sightandsound.co.uk
Telephone: +35316909720
Mobile: +353879926360
stuart.lawler@sightandsoundtechnology.ie
Twitter: @sastireland
Elegant Insights Braille Creations
Jewelry and accessories with a tactile twist. We bring out the beauty of braille.
Laura Legendary
www.elegantinsightsjewelry.com
l.legendary@elegantinsightsjewelry.com
702-605-1265
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Elegant.Insights
Twitter: @ElegantInsights
Instagram: www.instagram.com/elegantinsights
Hartgen Consultancy
Training and products for the JAWS Screen-reader. Quality, Confidence, Excellence.
Brian Hartgen
www.hartgenconsultancy.com
US: 239-256-7779
Twitter : www.twitter.com/hartgenconsult
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hartgenconsult
Patti and Ricky
Functional and fashionable apparel and accessories for people of all abilities.
Alexandra Herold
www.pattiandricky.com
303-578-6594
alex@pattiandricky.com
Twitter: @pattiandricky_
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pattiandricky/
Instagram: @pattiandrickycom
StrawberryMoonReborns
Lifelike baby dolls for your child, or the child in all of us.
Lulu Hartgen
www.strawberrymoonreborns.com
+44-7773-501-358.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/strawberrymoonkins
And
Facebook: www.facebook.com/strawberrymoonreborns
Instagram: @strawberrymoonreborns
Twitter: @SMReborns
Beauty by Brittany
Color your world with Mary Kay Cosmetics
Brittany Savage
Independent beauty consultant
www.marykay.com/bsavage2
tanielizabeth21@yahoo.com
Twitter: @tanielizabeth21
A. T. Guys
A. T. Guys will be offering a special deal for everyone who tunes in. We are taking orders and ready to provide the technology you need.
J. J. Meddaugh
support@atguys.com
269-216-4798
Twitter: @atguys
Facebook: www.facebook.com/atguys
Glamsticks
Glamsticks ™ are bespoke, designer and couture crutches, canes, walking sticks, wheelchair covers and accessories all individually crafted for your personal use.
Sharon Farley-Mason
www.glamsticks.co.uk
glamsticks@hotmail.com
UK 07903143322
Twitter: @glamsticks
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GlamSticks
Instagram: @sharonfm1_glamsticks
GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.
Simple and affordable technological fun.
Barry Scheur
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/
1597 Suncrest Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.
(617) 969-7500
bscheur@scheur.com
Scentsy with Nini
Fill your life with fragrance.
Nini Urschel
Independent Scentsy Consultant
www.nini.scentsy.us
916-206-1151
nini95626@sbcglobal.net
Facebook: NV Wickless Scents & More
GuideLightDogs
Happiness wags.
KaeAnn Rausch
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/CatalogGuideLightDogProducts.html
guidelightdogs@gmail.com
781-286-1696
Twitter: @Kaeko658
Tawny’s Pottery Lab
From my hands to yours, everyday art designed to touch: pet bowls, mugs, pendants, home decor
Tawny Villegas
Www.pottery-lab.com
www.etsy.com/shop/tawnyspotterylab
IG: @potterylab
Twitter: @pottery_lab
FB: www.facebook.com/potterylab/
The Unseen Bean
Taste the passion in blind roasted coffee.
Jerry Leary
www.theunseenbean.com
720-369-8039
info@theunseenbean.com
Twitter @theunseenbean
The Harbolt Company
We specialize in unique and hard to find items to make your life easier. We love what we do, and so will you!
Brent Harbolt
www.harboltcompany.com
sales@harboltcompany.com
405-633-2572
Twitter: @harboltcompany
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theharboltcompany
Special thanks to The Harbolt Company for donating the Zoom virtual shopping mall. Thanks also to vendors donating door prizes throughout the day. Be sure to tune in on saturday, April 4th, 2020 to shop ’till you drop!
Let’s Go Shopping!
Join us via the Zoom Video Conferencing platform:
Laura Legendary has invited you to the online event, “Let’s Go Shopping!”
An all-day, accessible, online event. Let’s Go Shopping! We’re connecting small businesses and the customers who need them.
Join us Saturday April 4, 2020, start time 7:00 AM Pacific Time, 8:00 AM Mountain Time, 9:00 Central Time, 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada). Event concludes at 7 PM Pacific Time.
Join Zoom Meeting from your computer or mobile device with Zoom app installed. (needs meeting ID.)
Meeting ID: 287 180 525
One tap join from your mobile device. (does not require meeting ID.)
+16699006833,,287180525# US (San Jose)
+13462487799,,287180525# US (Houston)
Dial by your location on a land line phone. (needs meeting ID.)
Meeting ID: 287 180 525
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
+1 253 215 8782 US
+1 301 715 8592 US
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your local number: zoom.us/u/abZUrvSCbt
We look forward to – virtually – meeting you, so be sure to show up and shop!
Go here to read the Let’s Go Shopping official press release.
Stay strong, and sparkle on!
Laura